Africa - Regional Development Books

New and Published Books

1. Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture

   Putting Research into use in Low Income Countries

   By Norman Clark, Andy Frost, Ian Maudlin, Andrew Ward

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   Stemming from an 11-year DFID funded programme under its Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS), Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture: Putting Research into Low Income Countries reviews part of this programme as a case study of a broader issue of technology development...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Low Carbon Development

   Key Issues

   Edited by Frauke Urban, Johan Nordensvärd

   Series: Key Issues in Environment and Sustainability

   Low Carbon Development: Key Issues is the first comprehensive textbook to address the interface between international development and climate change in a carbon constrained world. It discusses the key conceptual, empirical and policy-related issues of low carbon development and takes an...

   Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Social Development and Social Work

   Learning from Africa

   Edited by Alice Butterfield, Tasse Abye

   Africa has a long experience with reducing poverty and vulnerability. In the contemporary period, social development and social work are at the forefront of dealing with abject poverty and some of the world’s most difficult problems. This book brings research in Africa to the forefront so that...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
4. Agricultural Development in China and Africa

   A Comparative Analysis

   By Li Xiaoyun, Qi Gubo, Tang Lixia, Zhao Lixia, Jin Leshan, Guo Zhanfeng, Wu Jin

   Many African countries are increasingly interested in learning from China's experiences in achieving effective agricultural development. The Chinese government and academic community are also keen to share experiences and lessons with Africa. China made agriculture one of its development assistance...

   Published April 23rd 2012 by Routledge
5. Africa

   Diversity and Development

   By Tony Binns, Alan Dixon, Etienne Nel

   For many, Africa is regarded as a place of mystery and negative images, where reports of natural disasters and civil strife dominate media attention, with relatively little publicity given to any of the continent’s more positive attributes. Africa has at last begun to receive the depth of interest...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
6. China and Africa Development Relations

   Edited by Christopher M. Dent

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   China is among a number of large developing country or new powers on the ascendance in the international system, all of which are deepening their economic relations with Africa However, China is the largest and most powerful of this group. it has sought closer economic relationships with other...

   Published June 22nd 2011 by Routledge
7. World City Syndrome

   Neoliberalism and Inequality in Cape Town

   By David A. McDonald

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

   The literature on ‘world cities’ has had an enormous influence on urban theory and planning alike. From Manila to London, academics and policy makers have attempted to understand, and to some extent strive for, world city status. This book is a study of Cape Town’s standing in this network of urban...

   Published September 23rd 2009 by Routledge
8. Security in Post-Conflict Africa

   The Role of Nonstate Policing

   By Bruce Baker

   Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

   Policing is undergoing rapid change in Africa as a result of democratization, the commercialization of security, conflicts that disrupt policing services, and peace negotiations among former adversaries. These factors combined with the inability of Africa’s state police to provide adequate...

   Published August 4th 2009 by CRC Press
9. Desire Lines

   Space, Memory and Identity in the Post-Apartheid City

   Edited by Noëleen Murray, Nick Shepherd, Martin Hall

   Series: Architext

   This ground breaking new work draws together a cross-section of South African scholars to provide a lively and comprehensive review of the under-researched area of heritage practice following the introduction of the National Heritage Resources Act. Looking at the daily heritage debates, from naming...

   Published July 18th 2007 by Routledge